Bruce "absolutely delighted" to be staying with Villa
Executive chairman Sawiris and co-chairman Eden bought 55 per cent of the club from Tony Xia, who remains co-chairman, last week. The situation does have a whiff of new owners coming in, not liking the look of Bruce and wanting the shiny new option of Henry.

Moon gazers in for a treat on Friday
Also known as a blood moon , this occurs when the sun, Earth and moon align perfectly, putting the moon in the Earth's shadow. The moon is expected to turn reddish as against the familiar whitish appearance in the period of totality.

Mourinho responds after Martial leaves Man United tour
The club are reported to be open to allowing Darmian leave but only if they get a sufficient price for the player. The Foxes have already lost one of their stars in Riyad Mahrez, who joined Manchester City for a fee of £60m .

Unai Emery refuses to rule out more Arsenal signings
Borussia Dortmund's Sokratis Papastathopoulos has moved to Arsenal to improve their centre-half options ahead of the new season. The 23-year-old has reportedly drawn long-term interest from the likes of Juventus but looks set to stay put.

Facebook tiptoes into China by opening a startup incubator
Google, another banned site, launched a similar campaign in December with the opening of an artificial intelligence lab in China. The moves indicated how complicated it remains for Facebook to navigate China, where it has been blocked for nearly 10 years.

Polar bear shot dead on Svalbard
Svalbardposten , who was first to report about the incident, says the tourists belonged to the cruise ship " MS Bremen ". In recent years, the area has become a popular destination for arctic tourism, especially during the summer months.

West Nile shows up in St
He says health officials expect there to be nearly 150 human cases of West Nile Virus in South Dakota this year. If someone is experiencing those symptoms , including headache and fever, they should contact their doctor.

Amazon's quarterly profit tops $2 billion for first time
Amazon heavily pushed its Alexa-powered smart home devices such as the Echo and Fire TV stick as part of Prime Day promotions. Hiking the annual USA price of Prime 20 percent during the second quarter showed few signs of discouraging sign-ups.

Firefighter killed battling massive California wildfires

The blaze had burned several homes and threatened hundreds more, forcing the evacuations of Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Fern Valley.

Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA, said that long-term drying caused by rising global temperatures has exacerbated the risk of wildfires in the western United States. They also warned of possible afternoon wind gusts that could create risky fire conditions.

Yosemite Valley will temporarily shut down beginning this afternoon as firefighters battle heavy smoke and flames from the Ferguson Wildfire near the National Park, officials say.

The blaze in the San Jacinto Mountains erupted Wednesday and quickly turned into a wall of flame that torched timber and tinder-dry brush.

Authorities said it was threatening an estimated 600 homes.

It was not clear if McGlover, who was being held on $1 million bail, had retained an attorney.

Indonesia Earthquake: 10 dead, 40 injured
At least 40 are believed to be injured, footage from the scene shows many lying on hospital beds in the middle of the street. Indonesia is a country in south-east Asia, while the island of Lombok is somewhere where lots of people go on holiday.

Authorities ordered residents to leave Idyllwild and several neighbouring communities, home to about 12,000 people.

The fire, which broke out in Merced River Canyon on July 13, has raged over more than 57 square miles of the Sierra Nevada region.

"(Park rangers) told us the air quality inside (the center) was just as bad as outside".

No injuries have been reported but several hundred people, as well as animals and children from summer camps, are now staying in shelters.

The fire in the San Bernardino National Forest has no containment. More than 3,400 personnel using 16 helicopters and 59 bulldozers were fighting the conflagration. Crews were able to build additional fire lines to protect nearby communities.

Yosemite National Park reports that Yosemite Valley, Wawona and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia's remains closed. The glacial valley's grand vista of waterfalls and shear granite faces has been obscured by a choking haze of smoke from the Ferguson Fire.

Sarin attack cult members executed
At one point, the group had 10,000 members in Japan and 30,000 in Russian Federation . In Japan executed six remaining members of the sect " AUM Shinrikyo ".

"We had one guest who planned a weeklong trip", Lambert said. "It was a father-daughter trip, for her high school graduation ... Now it's done. It's sad". By the way if you were planning to climb Half Dome this week, of course forget it. Permits are canceled until further notice, as is the daily lottery for permits to hike up the big rock.

Officials emphasised that Yosemite was not in imminent danger from the fire.

Spokesman Scott Gediman says the valley - the heart of the visitor experience at the park - along with a windy, mountainous, 20-mile (32-kilometer) stretch of State Route 41 that is part of Yosemite is expected to stay closed through Sunday.

"This is the first time Yosemite Valley has been closed due to a wildfire since 1990".

The Ferguson fire has raged for almost two weeks, burning through over 57 square miles (148 square kilometers) of woods in the Sierra Nevada just west of the park. It was just 5 percent contained, Cal Fire officials said.

The wildfires have dispatched firefighters to all corners of the state amid an oppressive heat wave. On July 14, a firefighter was killed while six others have been reported as injured since the blaze began.